Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2027

About Knollbeam:

Product, engineering and support teams work out of offices in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and two nearshore delivery centers. Headquartered in Baton Rouge since 1997, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages.

Overview:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Remote position. Most of the team is in Baton Rouge, but nobody is required to come in.

Day to day:

• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same

Requirements:

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Available for 30 to 40 hours a week for the full internship period
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection

What you'll learn:

• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends

Duration: 10 weeks

Start date: Summer 2027

Stipend: $50.00 - $53.50 per hour

Perks:

• Paid company holidays
• Final presentation to leadership
• Flexible hours
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Duration: 10 weeks. Start: Summer 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Knollbeam, Inc..